John Soundy

Sir John Soundy CBE (14 November 1878 – 25 October 1960) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Dorchester, Dorset, England. In 1925 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Nationalist member for Denison. He concurrently served as Lord Mayor of Hobart from 1938 until 1946, when he resigned from the House to contest the Legislative Council seat of Hobart, successfully. He was Chair of Committees from 1948 to 1952, when he retired from politics. Knighted in 1954, Soundy died in Hobart in 1960.[1]

References
  1. "Soundy, Sir John". Members of the Parliament of Tasmania. Retrieved 24 July 2022.


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